Matthew 2:1-12
We can all
identify with the experience of the Wise Men.
Great expectations are often dimmed by the dull reality of life. What do you do when you follow a star and
find a stable?
We
live in a world of unmet expectations.
Disappointment
is a difficult emotion to deal with in life.
The
stable experiences of life are tests of flexibility and faith.
I. Look for God
in the Stable v.9-10
The
death of our vision may create the means of God to give us what He desired
in His way, not ours.
Just
because we know God's direction in our lives may not mean we know His method.
Give
God your expectations.
Changing
YOU may be the key to
changing your circumstances.
II. Offer Your
Best to God in the Stable v.11
Overcome a tendency to meet second-rate
circumstances with half-hearted efforts.
Recognize that where your treasure
is your heart will be also.
Giving gets our heart
and mind involved.
Recognize that attitude
has everything to do with experience.
Boredom – The inability to take responsibility
for your own happiness.
Recognize that we may be in
positions that could be glorious if we would give ourselves to
them.
Just because something is
not what you thought it would be does not make it of lesser
value.
III. Receive the Direction
of God through the Experience of the Stable
v.12
Contact with God in the present may
alter your future direction.
You may find the best of God
in the worst of life.
